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Active leadUseful case file with unresolved ambiguity and room for more corroboration.

New INDOPACOM UAP footage (South China Sea, Jan 2024) shows a single IR contrast splitting into multiple objects in a line formation — released today as part of the fourth war.gov PURSUE tranche.

Formation2 minOfficial docJan 1, 2024, 12:00 AMSouth China Sea

Witnesses

Unknown

Duration

2 min

Source material

3

Timeline

3

Source context

Limited context

50

Interesting, but still missing stronger corroboration or harder source material.

Source provenance

r/UFOs

Live sighting record 1998e75f-13f0-434d-bc41-92777f5d4a71.

Using the selected case's real source, media, and context throughout the workspace.

Correlations

Field Intelligence

Location precision

Terrestrial weather, solar-window, airport, and nearby-infrastructure correlations are suppressed for this regional record.

Context notes

South China Sea is too broad to support reliable weather, sunlight-window, airport, or nearby-infrastructure correlations.

Use the official source metadata and media context unless a precise coordinate or specific locality is available.

Extracted details

Observed facts

Occurred

Jan 1, 2024, 12:00 AM

Location

South China Sea

Duration

2 min

Witness account

Narrative

Time: January 1, 2024 Location: South China Sea Filename: DOD_111830007 Official designation: DOW-UAP-PR101 — "Unresolved UAP Report, South China Sea, 2024" VIRIN: 240101-D-D0360-7871 Length: 1 minute 44 seconds Source: U.S. Indo-Pacific Command → All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) Sensor: Infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform Released: July 10, 2026 (Release 04 — fourth PURSUE tranche) Just dropped today on war.gov/UFO and DVIDS. Haven't seen it discussed on here yet. Offi...

Case progression

Timeline

Encounter windowJan 1, 2024, 12:00 AM

Witnesses place the encounter near South China Sea.

PublishedJul 10, 2026, 4:56 PM

r/UFOs carried the report into the source network.

Linked event

Grouped into the Fourth PURSUE Tranche incident dossier.

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Source material

media

Cover image

Open

Visual reference carried with the original report.

source

Original report

Open

Direct source material from r/UFOs.

telemetry

Environmental pass

Historical atmosphere, astronomy, and nearby infrastructure were resolved for this case.